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The Ginetta GT5 Challenge title was decided in controversial circumstances, with Will Jenkins taking the provisional crown following a successful appeal from his Elite Motorsport team. Mikey Doble triumphed in the opening contest to move ahead in the table of Jenkins’s team-mate Harley Haughton, who retired with suspension damage, while Jenkins kept his own hopes alive by winning race two. Jenkins comfortably won the finale, as Doble and Haugton battled over second. Doble prevailed to initially seal the championship from Jenkins after Haughton slipped back to fifth. But Doble was subsequently handed a time penalty for overtaking Haughton under yellow flags, with the title changing hands as a result.
Things were more straightforward in the other championship deciders. Nikolas Taylor was crowned champion as the maiden GB4 season drew to a close, despite a qualifying crash making things slightly more difficult. The Fortec Motorsports driver finished second behind Tom Mills in race one, but lost out in a risky opening-lap battle with the Kevin Mills Racing teenager in the sequel, as Jarrod Waberski sneaked past the pair before taking victory. Taylor slipped to sixth after a clash with debutant Will Macintyre, but a late collision between Mills and Megan Gilkes enabled Taylor to recover to fourth, enough to wrap up the title with a race to spare. Waberski again triumphed in race three to overhaul Max Marzorati for second in the points and secure a hat-trick of wins for KMR, which also sealed the teams’ championship.
Harry Foster had a near-perfect weekend to win the Porsche Cayman Sprint Challenge crown. He took victory ahead of nearest rivals and Team Parker Racing team-mates Charles Clark and Matt Armstrong in the opener. Armstrong dropped to fourth into Redgate at the start of race two, and then crashed a lap later on his own fluid, having suffered a broken radiator in a collision with Toby Trice. Foster resisted a final-lap challenge from fellow title contender Steve Roberts (Redline Racing) to finish first on the road again. A subsequent penalty demoted him to second, but it was still enough to wrap up the title before the final race, which he duly won ahead of Roberts.